Author: Francesca Mathewes

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill that would place stricter limitations on restrictive covenants in employment contracts for physicians and other healthcare practitioners, according to a June 26 blog post by Chicago-based law firm Jackson Lewis.  Here are…

1. Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital’s Structural Heart Program completed its 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure. Each procedure is performed by a multidisciplinary team, including cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, at the hospital’s cardiac catheterization lab.  2. Christiano Spadaccio, MD, and…

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag has appointed Jack Sun, MD, as its new director of cardiovascular surgery, The Los Angeles Times reported June 26. Dr. Sun previously served as chief of cardiac surgery at University of California Irvine. He earned his…

Anesthesia is a rapidly developing field, with developments in AI and clinical care shifting the way that anesthesia professionals approach perioperative care. Four anesthesia leaders recently joined Becker’s to share the most exciting developments happening in the specialty. Editor’s note:…

In 2023, the Bexar County Hospital District Board of Managers, which provides governance and oversight for University Health, the public health and hospital system for Bexar County, Texas, directed University Health President/CEO Edward Banos to address the impact of the …

Consolidation has become a norm for many independent physicians over the last decade.  Only 42.2% of physicians were working in private practice in 2024, a dramatic decline from 60.1% in 2012, according to the American Medical Association’s Physician Practice Benchmark…

Here are eight updates on healthcare union efforts in June, as reported by Becker’s: 1. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 30 filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to become the union representation for a group…

Here are five recent statistics and data points that illustrate the mounting pressures facing anesthesiologists: 1. Anesthesiologists have the highest intent to leave their roles out of all physician specialists, with 40.6% expressing interest in leaving their current jobs within…

Gabor Racz, MD, a Hungarian-born anesthesiologist, died at 88 in Dallas on June 23, according to a June 25 obituary published by Lubbock Online. Dr. Racz fled his home country as a young medical student during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution…

A new expert consensus statement issued by the American College of Cardiology said that cardiologists should “embrace” new weight-loss medications for patients with obesity, TCTMD reported June 25.  Here are 10 takeaways from the report: 1. The experts said that,…